Miwa (みわ, ミワ) is a feminine Japanese given name which can also be used as a

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Possible writings

Miwa can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *三和 "three, harmony" *三輪 "three, wheel/ring" *美和 "beauty, harmony" *美羽 "beauty, feather" *美輪 "beauty, wheel/ring" *美環 "beauty, ring; circle; loop" The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

;with the given name Miwa * Miwa (singer) (born 1990), a musician who sung the theme song for the drama ''Nakanai to Kimeta Hi'' * Miwa Asao (美和, born 1986), a beach volleyball player *

Miwa Fukuhara is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. She is a two-time Winter Universiade champion and a six-time Japanese national champion. She finished 21st in the 1960 Winter Olympic Games, and 5th in the 1964 Winter Olympic Games. After retiri ...

(美和, born 1944), a figure skater *, Japanese women's basketball player * Miwa Matsumoto (美和, born 1971), a voice actress * Miwa Nishikawa (美和, born 1974), a director *

Miwa Oshiro Miwa Oshiro (大城美和, born August 26, 1983) is a Japanese gravure idol and actress. Biography Oshiro was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan on August 26, 1983 to an Okinawan father and mother from Hokkaido. She is best known for her appeara ...

(大城美和, born 1983), gravure idol, model and actress *, Japanese cross-country skier * Miwa Ueda (美和, 21st century), a manga artist * Miwa Yasuda (美和, born 1977), a voice actress * Miwa Yoshida (美和, born 1965), lead singer of the band Dreams Come True * Miwa Takada (美和, born 1947), an actress ;with the surname Miwa * Akihiro Miwa (美輪, born 1935), a singer, actor, and theatre director *, Japanese actress *

Sadahiro Miwa is a retired Japanese weightlifter. He competed at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics in the middleweight class (-78 kg) and finished in fifth and tenth place, respectively. References 1941 births Living people Olympic weightlifters of Japan We ...

(三輪定広, born 1941), Olympic weightlifter * Shigeyoshi Miwa (三輪, born 1892), an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy * Shirow Miwa (三輪, born 1978), a manga artist *, Japanese racewalker *

Takashi Miwa Takashi Miwa (三輪隆, born December 1, 1969) is a former professional baseball player from Chiba, Japan. He was drafted by the Orix BlueWave in the second round of the 1993 amateur draft, and played with the team until 2004. He was the te ...

(三輪, born 1969), a former professional baseball player *

Teppei Miwa Teppei (written: , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese comedian and television presenter *Teppei Isaka (born 1974), Japanese footballer * (born 1986), Japanese actor and singer * (born 1975 ...

(三輪哲平, born 2000), Japanese artistic gymnast * Tetsuji Miwa (三輪哲二,, born 1949), Japanese mathematician * Tetsuya Miwa (三輪), the guitarist of the rock band '' Spitz''

Fictional characters

;with the given name Miwa *Miwa Hamato, a recurring character in the 2012 of '' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles''. She is the biological daughter of

Hamato Yoshi Splinter, often referred to as Master Splinter or Sensei by his students/sons, is a fictional character from the ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' comics and all related media. A mutant rat, he is the grave and stoic sage of the Turtles, their ...

and the late Tang Shen, but was abducted by the Shredder as an infant and was renamed Karai. *Miwa Tamashiro (美和), a character in the anime series '' Kotetsushin Jeeg'' *Miwa Isono, a character in the manga series '' MPD Psycho'' *Miwa Kageyama (美羽), the sister of Tobio Kageyama from the anime and manga series '' Haikyū!!'' ;With the surname Miwa * Satoshi Miwa (三輪), a character in the manga and anime '' Marmalade Boy'' *Sakamori Miwa (三輪), a character in the anime series '' Tōshō Daimos'' *Ichigen Miwa (三輪一言), a character in the anime series K * Shinobu Miwa (三輪), a character in the anime, manga, and novel series '' RahXephon'' *Konekomaru Miwa (三輪), a character in Blue Exorcist {{given name, type=both Japanese feminine given names Japanese-language surnames